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Job Details

Plumber, Maintenance And Repair

Employer

Northern Services

Date Posted

April 30, 2025

Languages

English
  • Location High Level, AB
  • Earnings $38.00 to $42.00 hourly (to be negotiated)
  • Work Hours 35 to 44 hours per week
  • Position Permanent Full Time
  • Vacancies 1  Vacancy
  • Closing Date May 14, 2025
Job Requirements

Employer

Northern Services

Languages

English

Education

Registered Apprenticeship certificate

Work site environment

  • Wet/damp
  • Hot
  • Cold/refrigerated

Work setting

  • Commercial
  • Industrial
  • Institutional
  • Residential
  • Willing to relocate

Tasks

  • Install domestic, commercial or industrial plumbing fixtures and systems
  • Repair domestic, commercial or industrial plumbing fixtures and systems
  • Instruct apprentices
  • Locate and mark positions for pipe connections, passage holes and fixtures in walls and floors
  • Join pipes using couplings, clamps, screws, bolts, cement or soldering, brazing and welding equipment
  • Schedule personnel, tools and equipment
  • Test pipes for leaks using air and water pressure gauges
  • Supervise other workers
  • Measure, cut, thread and bend pipes to required shape and size
  • Repair and maintain equipment

Supervision

1 to 2 people

Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses 

  • Plumber Trade Certification
  • Natural Gas License
  • Liquefied Petroleum Gas License
  • Plumber Red Seal Certificate
  • Gas Fitter Red Seal Certificate

Cleaning experience

Furnaces

Security and safety

  • Basic security clearance
  • Criminal record check
  • Driving record check (abstract)

Transportation/travel information

  • Vehicle supplied by employer
  • Valid driver's licence

Work conditions and physical capabilities

  • Physically demanding
  • Hand-eye co-ordination
  • Work under pressure

Own tools/equipment

  • Tools
  • Steel-toed safety boots

Personal suitability

  • Accurate
  • Client focus
  • Efficient interpersonal skills
  • Team player

Screening questions

  • Are you available for shift or on-call work?
  • Are you currently legally able to work in Canada?
  • Are you willing to relocate for this position?
  • Do you have previous experience in this field of employment?
  • Do you have the above-indicated required certifications?
  • What is the highest level of study you have completed?

Experience

Experience an asset

Health benefits

  • Dental plan
  • Disability benefits
  • Health care plan
  • Paramedical services coverage

Financial benefits

  • Group insurance benefits
  • Life insurance

Other benefits

  • Learning/training paid by employer
  • Transportation provided by employer

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Interest Codes & Abilities
The Plumber, Maintenance And Repair is part of the following larger National Occupational Classification (NOC).

Interest Codes

Plumbers
OBJECTIVE

Interest in precision working to measure, cut, bend and thread pipes using machines and hand and power tools

innovative

Interest in compiling information to repair plumbing fixtures and systems, and to test pipes for leaks using air and water pressure gauges

methodical

Interest in speaking - signalling to locate and mark positions for pipe connections, passage holes and fixtures in walls and floors

Reading Interest Codes
A Quick Guide

The interest code helps you figure out if you’d like to work in a particular occupation. 

It’s based on the Canadian Work Preference Inventory (CWPI), which measures 5 occupational interests: Directive, Innovative, Methodical, Objective, and Social.

Each set of 3 interest codes for this NOC group is listed in order of importance.

A code in capital letters means it’s a strong fit for the occupation.

A code in all lowercase letters means the fit is weaker.

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Abilities

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Selected abilities

Mental Abilities

General Learning Ability

Verbal Ability

Numerical Ability

Visual Abilities

Spatial Perception

Form Perception

Clerical Perception

Physical Abilities

Motor Coordination

Finger Dexterity

Manual Dexterity

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